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Power Companies and Springtime Tree Removal

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Maggie Ciarcia, a solo wildlife rehabilitator in Carmel, NY specializing in small mammals and game birds, received a notice from New York State Electric and Gas that tree trimming was scheduled for her neighborhood and someone would contact her. 3) Investigate creating a town ordinance. But back to power companies. 5) Display attitude.

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Flight Paths: A Book Review Written During Migration

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It could easily be mistaken for a book about aviation or space navigation or even a flight simulator game if you don’t read the long, adjective-filled subtitle: How a Passionate and Quirky Group of Pioneering Scientists Solved the Mystery of Bird Migration. Flight Paths is a splendid but risky title for a book about bird migration.

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Dogfighting Grows in Texas

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Investigators found that dogfighting was on the rise in Texas and was much more widespread than they had expected. The ring broken up here had links to dogfighting organizations in other states and in Mexico, suggesting an extensive underground network of people devoted to the activity, investigators said. From the New York Times.

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Operation Duck Drop

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The following emails were intercepted by our crack team of investigative journalists. Now begins the waiting game. They are from the internal communication system of a shadowy organization of bird enthusiasts that we haven’t even managed to put a name to as of yet. They are reprinted here in their entirety in the public interest.

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Birding Sepilok, Borneo (Part 2)

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Even to the author of the paper, who cautiously adds that “nest architecture is unlikely to be irrelevant to females, and its role deserves further investigation” (if swear words were allowed on 10,000 Birds, I would say that he is trying to cover his ass). It is also classified as Near Threatened.

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Altruism, Albatrosses, and Vicious Young Men

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Emboldened by the averted gazes, the excuses by the adults in their lives, the legal bargains and wrist slaps, they set their sights on increasingly bigger game. According to state and federal investigators, they caused over $200,000 worth of damage. If they are strong and wily enough, men.

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Tribes and Birds of the Lower Omo Valley by Adam Riley

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These vast and rugged lands of savanna, hills, gorges and rivers still protect some of Ethiopia’s largest extant herds of typical African savanna game, including African Elephant, African Buffalo, Giraffe, Lion, Leopard, African Wild Dog and numerous species of grazers. Yellow-billed Stork.

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